Barbados

barbados English Alternative forms en Barbadoes archaic Etymology en :bor pt:barbados 1 From en pt barbado barbados bearded ones, from pt barba beard, due to the dense hanging moss or vines in the island. Pronunciation en /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbeɪ.dɒs/ UK en /bɑɹˈbeɪ.doʊs/ /bɑɹˈbeɪ.dəs/ /bɑɹˈbeɪ.doʊz/ US en /baɹˈba.dos/ Philippines en en-us-Barbados.ogg US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Barbados.wav UK Proper noun en Q244en island/and/country r/Caribbean. en 3 September 2026 Juan Francisco Alonso Who is Alejandro Betancourt, colourful oil baron behind US-Venezuela oil deal? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvze0n4vy1o BBC News And at the heart of it is Alejandro Betancourt López, the Venezuelan oil baron who heads the Barbados-registered firm. 3 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260921032704/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvze0n4vy1o 21 September 2026 Derived terms en Barbados anole pride of Barbados Barbados Blackbelly Barbados bullfinch Barbados cherry Barbados leaf-toed gecko Barbados leg Barbados lily Barbados nut Barbados racer Barbados raccoon Barbados threadsnake Scarbados Translations Q244 country in the Caribbean Amharic: am ባርቤዶስ Antillean Creole: gcf Barbad Arabic: ar بَرْبَادُوس m barbādos, barbēdos, barbadōs Armenian: hy Բարբադոս Asturian: ast Barbados Azerbaijani: az Barbados Belarusian: be Барба́дас m Bengali: bn বার্বাডোস Breton: br Barbados Bulgarian: bg Барбадос m Burmese: my ဘာဘေးဒိုးစ် Catalan: ca Barbados m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 巴巴多斯 Bābāduōsī Czech: cs Barbados m Danish: da Barbados Dutch: nl Barbados n Esperanto: eo Barbado Estonian: et Barbados Farefare: gur Barbadro p Finnish: fi Barbados French: fr Barbade f Galician: gl Barbados Georgian: ka ბარბადოსი German: de Barbados n Greek: el Μπαρμπάντος n Haitian Creole: ht Lababad Hebrew: he בַּרְבֶּדוֹס barbedos Hindi: hi बारबाडोस Hungarian: hu Barbados Icelandic: is Barbados n Interlingua: ia Barbados Irish: ga Barbadós m Italian: it Barbados f Jamaican Creole: jam Baabiedoz Japanese: ja バルバドス Barubadosu Kalenjin: kln Babados Kamba: kam Mbabedos Kannada: kn ಬಾರ್ಬಡೋಸ್ Kazakh: kk Барбадос Khmer: km បាបាដុស Kikuyu: ki Babados Korean: ko ^바베이도스, ko ^바베이도즈 North Korea Kyrgyz: ky Барбадос Lao: lo ບາກບາດ Latin: la Barbāta f Latvian: lv Barbadosa f Lithuanian: lt Barbadosas m Lokono: arw Ichirouganaim Luhya: luy Ebabados Luo: luo Babedos Macedonian: mk Барбадос m Malayalam: ml ബാർബേഡോസ് Maltese: mt Barbados il-Barbados Māori: mi Pāpatohe Meru: mer Babados Mongolian: mn Барбадос Navajo: nv Hashkʼaan bikéyah Norman: nrf Barbados Norwegian: no Barbados Oromo: om Baarbeedoos Persian: fa باربادوس bârbâdos Polish: pl Barbados m-in Portuguese: pt Barbados Punjabi: pa ਬਾਰਬਾਡੋਸ Romanian: ro Barbados n Russian: ru Барба́дос m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Барбадос m Latin: sh Barbados m Sinhalese: si බාබඩෝස් Slovak: sk Barbados m Slovene: sl Barbados m Spanish: es Barbados Swahili: sw Barbados Swedish: sv Barbados n Tajik: tg Барбадос Tamil: ta பார்படோஸ், ta பார்படோசு Tatar: tt Барбадос Telugu: te బార్బడోస్ Thai: th บาร์เบโดส Turkish: tr Barbados Ukrainian: uk Барба́дос m Urdu: ur بارباڈوس bārbāḍos Uyghur: ug باربادوس Uzbek: uz Barbados Vietnamese: vi Bác-ba-đốt Volapük: vo Welsh: cy Barbados Verb en historical To press-gang force into naval service. en Colin Woodard 7 American nations New York Penguin 2011 978-1-101-54445-7 The Barbadian planters […] resorted to shipping in hundreds of Scottish and Irish soldiers who’d been taken prisoner during Oliver Cromwell’s conquest. When that supply ran out, they took to kidnapping children, so many that a new term was coined: “barbadosed” meant the same thing in the late seventeenth century as “shanghaied” would in the twentieth. See also Asturian ast: Etymology ast :bor en:Barbados ast en Barbados. Proper noun m ast Barbados Q244 Azerbaijani az: Барбадос باربادوس Etymology az :bor en:Barbados + 1 Pronunciation 2 Proper noun no az Barbados Q244 Declension a no Breton br: Etymology br :bor en:Barbados br en Barbados. Proper noun br proper noun ? br Barbados Q244 Catalan ca: Etymology ca :bor en:Barbados ca en Barbados. Pronunciation ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Barbados.wav Valencia Proper noun f ca Barbados Q244 Holonyms ca Petites Antilles Derived terms ca barbadià Central Nahuatl Etymology nhn :bor es:Barbados nhn es Barbados. Proper noun nhn proper noun nhn Barbados Q244 Czech cs: Etymology cs :bor en:Barbados + + Pronunciation cs Cs-Barbados.ogg Proper noun m-in barbadoský Barbadosan cs Barbados Q244 Declension m.sg Further reading Danish da: Etymology da :bor en:Barbados da en Barbados. Proper noun da Barbados Q244 Related terms da barbadier da barbadisk Dutch nl: Etymology nl :bor en:Barbados nl en Barbados. Pronunciation nl /ˌbɑrˈbeː.dɔs/ nl Nl-Barbados.ogg nl Bar ba dos Proper noun n nl Barbados Q244 from 17th c. Estonian et: Etymology From et en Barbados. Pronunciation barˈba*dos Proper noun Barbadose Barbadost et Barbados Q244 Declension Barbados e sg Finnish fi: Etymology fi :bor en:Barbados fi en Barbados. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Barbados Q244 Declension sg Barbado a Derived terms fi barbadoslainen fi compounds barbadosinsupi German de: Etymology de :bor en:Barbados de en Barbados. Pronunciation de /ˈbaʁbaˌdɔs/ de De-Barbados.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de /baʁˈbaːdɔs/ de De-Barbados2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de Barbados Q244 Hungarian hu: Etymology hu :bor en:Barbados hu en Barbados. Pronunciation barbadosz hu Bar ba dos hu os 3 Proper noun hu proper noun hu Barbados Q244 Declension Barbadoso o - sg szBarbados ai sg Derived terms hu barbadosi See also Icelandic is: Etymology is :bor en:Barbados is en Barbados. Proper noun @@ is Barbados Q244 Declension m is Countries Indonesian id: Etymology id :bor en:Barbados id en Barbados. Pronunciation Bar.ba.dos Proper noun id Barbados Q244 Noun a Barbadian Adjective Barbadian Further reading Interlingua ia: Proper noun ia proper noun ia Barbados Q244 Italian it: Etymology it :bor en:Barbados it en Barbados. Pronunciation [bàd]<r:DiPI> Proper noun f it Barbados Q244 Derived terms it barbadiano References Malay ms: Etymology ms :bor en:Barbados ms en Barbados. Pronunciation Bar.ba.dos Proper noun باربادوس ms Barbados Q244 Noun a باربادوس Barbadian Adjective باربادوس Barbadian Norwegian Bokmål no: Etymology nb :bor en:Barbados nb en Barbados. Proper noun nb proper noun nb Barbados Q244 Related terms nb barbader, nb barbadier nb barbadisk Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Etymology nn :bor en:Barbados nn en Barbados. Proper noun nn proper noun nn Barbados Q244 Related terms nn barbadar nn barbadisk Polish pl: Etymology pl :bor en:Barbados + + Pronunciation Pl-Barbados.ogg Proper noun m-in barbadoski pl Barbados Q244 Declension Declinable or undeclinable. s Derived terms pl nouns Barbadoska Barbadosyjczyk Barbadosyjka Barbadoszczyk See also Further reading pl indeclinable nouns Portuguese pt: Etymology pt :from pt:barbados 1 From pt barbado barbados bearded ones, from pt barba beard, due to the dense hanging moss or vines in the island. Pronunciation pt Bar ba dos Proper noun f,m-p pt Barbados Q244 Derived terms pt barbadense pt barbadiano Descendants ja 1 バルバドス Barubados Romanian ro: Etymology ro :bor en:Barbados + + Pronunciation ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Barbados.wav Proper noun m ro Barbados Q244 Serbo-Croatian sh:,sr:,hr:,bs: Etymology sh :bor en:Barbados sh en Barbados. Pronunciation sh /barbǎːdos/ sh Bar ba dos Proper noun Barbádos m-in sh Barbados Q244 Declension Barbados Barbadosa Barbadosu Barbados Barbadose Barbadosu Barbadosom Slovak sk: Etymology sk :bor en:Barbados + + Pronunciation Proper noun m-in Barbadosu dub sk Barbados Q244 References Slovene sl: Etymology sl :bor en:Barbados sl en Barbados. Pronunciation Barbâdos Proper noun Barbâdos m-in sl Barbados Q244 Declension Barbádos sg Related terms sl Barbádošan / sl Barbádošanka sl barbádoški References Spanish es: Etymology es :bor pt:Barbados + + Pronunciation +<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Millars-Barbados.wav<a:Spain>> Proper noun es Barbados Q244 Related terms es barbadense See also es Bridgetown See also Swahili sw: Etymology sw :bor en:Barbados + 1 Pronunciation sw Sw-ke-Barbados.flac Kenya Proper noun sw proper noun sw Barbados Q244 Swedish sv: Etymology sv :bor en:Barbados sv en Barbados. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Barbados.wav Proper noun n sv Barbados Q244 Related terms sv barbadisk adjective Barbadian sv barbadier c Barbadian male sv barbadiska c Barbadian female See also Further reading 12 Svensk MeSH Turkish tr: Etymology tr :bor en:Barbados + + Pronunciation tr LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-Barbados.wav Proper noun tr Barbados Q244 Declension Barbados Barbados'u Barbados'a Barbados'ta Barbados'tan Barbados'un See also Uzbek uz: Etymology uz :bor ru:Барба́дос + 1 Proper noun uz proper noun uz Barbados Q244 Declension Welsh cy: Etymology cy :bor en:Barbados cy en Barbados. Pronunciation cy /barˈbeːdɔs/ cy eːdɔs 3 Proper noun f cy Barbados Q244 Coordinate terms Mutation